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Your gifts spark research, creativity and collaboration across the Forty Acres, inspiring Longhorn leaders to find innovative solutions to challenging issues on campus and beyond. These stories highlight the remarkable ways we’re improving lives and changing futures together.
Video: Leaders of the Future Start Now

Video: Leaders of the Future Start Now

First-gen student Camila van der Maal has set goals that have been fueled by donors and guided by faculty mentorship. Watch this powerful story of how UT’s exceptional faculty challenge students to lead the future — and how your gifts can change a student’s world.

Leader in the Making

Leader in the Making

Andrew Doty, B.S. ’25, part of the UT-led FLARE-X team, helped build an autonomous fleet of small aircraft focused on early detection and suppression of wildfires.

Turning Ideas Into Action

Turning Ideas Into Action

With the support to explore her interests, Alyssia Menezes turned curiosity into meaningful impact on campus and beyond.

National Powerhouse

National Powerhouse

The Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease is redefining what’s possible and doing what once was unimaginable.

A Towering Tribute

A Towering Tribute

A new engineering building will be named for Autry C. Stephens, whose contributions have shaped the energy industry in Texas and inspired generations of engineers.

Every Voice Matters

Every Voice Matters

The Blank Center is dedicated to ending the global stigmatization of stuttering.

Robotics Revolution

Robotics Revolution

Visionary venture capitalist Bill Gurley — early investor in household names like Uber and Zillow — helps power a robotics revolution at UT.

The Gift of Time

The Gift of Time

Over nearly 40 years, the Terry Foundation has invested more than $100 million in scholarships for Longhorns poised to change the world.

Breaking Ground

Breaking Ground

A visionary investment from Jim and Miriam Mulva is helping to build a new tower on the Forty Acres and adding state-of-the-art new facilities to the McCombs School of Business.

Emerson Partnership

Emerson Partnership

A new partnership between industrial technology leader Emerson and The University of Texas at Austin will support advanced research into artificial intelligence, automation, energy, semiconductors and other scientific disciplines.

Finding Allies

Finding Allies

With their gift to Dell Medical School, Bob and Kathy Smith are helping UT researchers explore new options for cancer treatment.

Engineering the Big

Engineering the Big

Alumnus Fariborz Maseeh tackles the next generation of engineering challenges through a transformational investment in one of UT’s top departments.

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